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"Nature to me was beautiful ... great emphasis is laid on the truth that every aspect of creation is good and beautiful"

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This festival in the Parish of Woodbury, Devon, UK, was begun in 2019.  It explored the life, work and legacy of former local resident and renowned botanist Reverend William Keble Martin - who authored and illustrated the best-selling book The Concise British Flora in Colour (1965), and died in the parish just over 50 years ago in 1969.  The festival also focused on the natural environment locally, on changes that have occurred in it over the last 50 years, and on environmental challenges for the future.  

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These themes are continuing to be developed - especially monitoring, protecting and enhancing the local natural environment of the parish for biodiversity.  We often organise wildflower and tree surveys, and always welcome volunteers!​